[Update] WordPress.org homepage has the information about the release. I was indeed referring to the WordPress Official Blog which somehow didnt have the information while i was typing the post. The info is now up on the wordpress blog.

Seems like WordPress is on a roll. Yesterday they released the WordPress 2.7 Release Candidate 1 and now they have another news for us. Wordress.com users will get the WordPress 2.7 version rolled out tomorrow. i.e. Thursday.

As promised, here is the advance notice that WordPress 2.7 is coming to WordPress.com, and will go live on Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 8pm Eastern Time.

For those of you who use WordPress, do go through the Browser Recommendation part which clearly insists users to switch to Firefox 3, Google Chrome or Safari 3

A note on browser capabilities: WordPress 2.7 makes extensive use of JavaScript to create the user experience outlined here. If you have JavaScript turned off in your browser, some features may not be available or may work a bit differently than described here. In addition, using a recent standards-compliant browser will ensure that you have an optimal experience. Older browsers that are not supported by their manufacturers any longer may not look as expected; we recommend Firefox 3, Google Chrome, and Safari 3.

With the release of RC1, we’re in the final leg of development before the release of 2.7. 280 commits since beta 3 have polished the new admin UI (including new menu icons created by the winners of our icon design contest) and fixed all known blocker bugs.

We think RC1 is ready for everyone to try out. Please download RC1 and help us make the final release the best it can be. As always, back up your blog before upgrading.

WordPress has released the latest version to the existing 2.6.3 version. The latest release has fixes for a couple of security issues which only affects IP-based virtual servers running on Apache 2.x.

Wordpress releases 2.6.5 version.

The security issue is an XSS exploit discovered by Jeremias Reith that fortunately only affects IP-based virtual servers running on Apache 2.x. If you are interested only in the security fix, copy wp-includes/feed.php andwp-includes/version.php from the 2.6.5 release package.

2.6.5 contains three other small fixes in addition to the XSS fix. The first prevents accidentally saving post meta information to a revision. The second prevents XML-RPC from fetching incorrect post types. The third adds some user ID sanitization during bulk delete requests. For a list of changed files, consult the full changeset between 2.6.3 and 2.6.5.

Also, interestingly WordPress has deliberately not released the WordPress 2.6.4 release to avoid confusion with a fake 2.6.4 release that made the rounds a few days back.

Please note WordPress doesn’t have a 2.6.4 version and if you happen to be running one of that, you better abandon it as soon as possible. WordPress also says, there is no 2.6.4 version and there will never be a WordPress 2.6.4 version.

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